I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will praise my God to my last breath!
Parallel translations
- WEB I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
- KJV I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
- BSB I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
- NKJV I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
- NASB I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
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Quick answer
The psalmist resolves to sing to the LORD all his life and praise his God while he has being. Contemplating God's works leads to lifelong worship.
Overview
Moved by all he has seen of God's greatness, the psalmist commits to a life of unceasing praise. Worship is the fitting response to the Creator and Sustainer of all. This devotion finds its fullest object in Christ, to whom believers sing both now and forever.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Ps 63:4So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.
- Ps 146:2While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
- Ps 145:1–2A praise psalm by David. I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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